st24 wrote:Barry Tempest- now there's a blast form the past!
Barry Chuckle will be at the ceremony when she has to give the award back. To me, to you........
st24 wrote:Barry Tempest- now there's a blast form the past!
Brevet Cable wrote:And the unravelling continues , thanks to the ongoing campaign on PPRuNe....Self-styled "Bird in a Biplane" Tracey Curtis-Taylor faces being stripped of a respected flying award following allegations she made false claims about her flying exploits.
The Light Aircraft Association is set to hear a motion that its Bill Woodhams Trophy, awarded to her in 2015 for flying from Cape Town to Britain, now be rescinded.
The Association will hear the damaging motion at its AGM next month with members believing the trophy was wrongly awarded because it has now emerged she did not fly all the legs of the journey solo.
Thoughtful_Flyer wrote:Not the first time there has been controversy surrounding a Shuttleworth Collection pilot.
Thoughtful_Flyer wrote:Not the first time there has been controversy surrounding a Shuttleworth Collection pilot.
Elliott Marsh wrote:Thoughtful_Flyer wrote:Not the first time there has been controversy surrounding a Shuttleworth Collection pilot.
TCT was never a Shuttleworth Collection pilot - I'm pretty sure that was also one of the disputed claims made some time ago. Her PT-22 was based at Old Warden and she flew alongside Collection aeroplanes, however, much like most of the other resident non-Collection operators, she was not a Shuttleworth Collection pilot.
Brevet Cable wrote:I know it's an extremely long thread , but if you read the topic on PPRuNe ( http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/579030-tracey-curtis-taylor-merged-threads.html ) all will become clear with regards the various claims made by her or on her behalf.
Essentially , the 'Shuttleworth pilot' appears to have originated from the fact that she once had an aircraft based there.
Thoughtful_Flyer wrote:It may well do but that wouldn't explain why she appears in their group photograph(s) - unless I am dreaming!
Just to make it absolutely clear that in order to be considered a Shuttleworth Collection Pilot, you have to have flown a Collection aeroplane, in an airshow. If anyone can find a picture of Tracey flying in any of the Collection aeroplanes, they'll be expert photoshoppers. Tracey is no more a Collection Pilot than the wonderful Peter Teichmann or the energetic Mark Jeffries; all are visiting display pilots who put on displays in non-Collection aeroplanes.
Barry Tempest LAA wrote:"I think she is a boastful lady who needs bringing down a peg or two."
Brevet Cable wrote:Not forgetting to read the recent updates on the aforementioned PPRuNe topic.
TKK 140 wrote:Brevet Cable wrote:Not forgetting to read the recent updates on the aforementioned PPRuNe topic.
Dead link?
speedbird2639 wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3864984/Self-styled-Bird-Biplane-stripped-prestigious-flying-award-allegations-wasn-t-flying-solo-epic-trips.html
Tracey has been stripped. ... thankfully only of her award!
5. Mr Rutherford has engaged in an online media campaign to discredit me and the BIAB team members by making false assertions concerning the expeditions and the roles of team members. I have previously stated publicly that I consider this to be part of a course of conduct designed to cause damage and distress. Mr Rutherford’s campaign is also promoted by his associate, Mike Flynn (who also operates under the pseudonym, Jay Sata) in the press and in online forums, and in particular PPRuNe. The actions of Mr Rutherford are now the subject of legal proceedings and have been reported to the police.